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  • Lebanon Blast Wounds Security Officer

    Two people have been killed and a Lebanese intelligence officer has been seriouslyinjured by a bomb near the southern city of Sidon in an apparent assassination attempt. Security officials said that Lieutenant-Colonel Samir Shehade from the interior ministry's intelligence branch was critically injured by a remote-controlled bomb which went off near.. More

  • Indonesian Jailed over Bali Bombs

    An Indonesian court has sentenced a formerteacherto eight years in prison for his role in last year's bombings on the resort island of Bali, which killed 20 people. Judge Nyoman Gede Wirya, presiding over the state court in Denpasar, the Balinese capital, said Abdul Aziz, 30, was guilty of the primary charges of "engaging or taking part in" an act.. More

  • US Soldiers Face Court Martial

    An army investigator has recommended that four American soldiers who face charges in connection with the rape andmurder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and thekillingof her family face a court-martial, according to a lawyer in the case. Dwight Warren, the investigator in the case, said in a report issued on Sunday: "Reasonable grounds exist to believe.. More

  • One Dead in Jordan Tourist Shooting

    A British tourist has been killed andsix otherswoundedafter a man opened fire on them in Amman. Witnesses said themanfired at least 12 bullets before he finished his ammunition and was overpowered by police and arrested. The attack took place onMonday afternoonin a crowded part of central Amman close to a Roman amphitheatre - an area popular with.. More

  • Lebanon to Fight Israeli Blockade at UN

    The Lebanese government has said it will protest at the UNagainst Israel's blockade of the country, which began two days after fighting started on July 12 between Israel and Hezbollah. Ghazi Aridi, the minister of information, told reporters after a special cabinet meeting on Monday: "The cabinet has decided to file a complaint with the Security.. More

  • Putin in Historic South Africa Visit

    Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, hasarrived in South Africa in the first visit by a Russian leader to the country since the fall of apartheid. Putinwill hold talks with president Thabo Mbeki in the city of Cape Town beforeaddressing parliamentary leaders and signing co-operation deals in healthcare and space exploration. The Russianleaderistravelin.. More

  • Sudan Tells African Peacekeepers to Leave

    Sudan has asked African Union peacekeeping forces that have been monitoring a shaky truce in its violent Darfur region to leave the country when their mandate ends on September 30. Jamal Ibrahim, a foreign ministry spokesman, said on Sunday: "This is a final decision. We are asking them to leave since they indicated that they will not be able to continue.. More

  • Qatar to send troops to Lebanon

    Qatar will be sending 200-300 troops forkeeping the peace in Lebanon, becoming the first Arab country to participate in an expanded UN force. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani, the Qatari foreign minister, said in Doha that the troop pledge was intended to "tell the world that there is an Arab presence, however small, and to say to Israel that.. More

  • Syria Offers to Rebuild Lebanon Villages

    Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has pledged to rebuild three southern Lebanese villages destroyed by Israeli bombardments during Israel-Hezbollah fighting, according to state-run news agencies in Syria and Lebanon. Syria's official news agency SANA said on Sunday that al-Assad "directed concerned parties" to rebuild Qana, Siddiqine and Qlaileh,.. More

  • Senior Iraq al-Qaeda Figure Held

    The second most senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, accused of masterminding the bombing of a Shia shrine in Samarra,has been detained by Iraqi and USforces. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the Iraqi national security adviser,announced on Sunday thatHamed Juma Faris al-Suaidi, also known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, had been arrested in an operation in mid-June. Al-Rubaie.. More

  • Iran to Examine Holocaust Evidence

    Iran says it will go ahead and sponsor a conference in the autumn to examine the scientific evidence supporting the Holocaust, dismissing it as exaggerated. The move to proceed with the controversial conference, likely to deepen Tehran's international isolation, came as Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, raised concerns with Iranian officials over.. More

  • Kurds Flying the Kurdistan Flag

    Iraq's prime minister has issued a stern rebuke to ethnic Kurds after the autonomous Kurdistan region ordered the national Iraqi flag be replaced by the Kurdish tri-color on government buildings in northern Iraq. The office of Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, issued a statement on Sunday that not only defended the national flag but implied that.. More

  • Al-Qaeda Urges Americans to Convert

    Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's number two, and an American Muslim convert have appeared in a video issued by al-Qaeda urging Americans to convert to Islam. Al-Zawahiri, and the American convert identified as Adam Gadahn, called for Americans to convert to Islam in the 41-minute video posted on an Islamist website just nine days before the fifth September.. More

  • Europe Space Mission Ends with a Bang

    Europe's first spacecraft to the moon,the Smart-1, has ended its three-year mission with a planned crash on the lunar surface, hitting its target at 2km per second, or 7,200kph. The impact, in a volcanic plain called the Lake of Excellence, was photographed by observers on earth on Sunday. Scientists hope the resulting cloud of dust and debris will.. More

  • Gunmen Kill Al-Sistani Aide

    Gunmen have killed a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a revered Shia cleric, in the southern Iraqi city of Imara. Police said that Sheikh Hassan Mohammed Mahdi al-Jawadi, 56, was gunned down in front of his office by gunmen in a car on Sunday. A police officer from Imara in Misan province said gunmen had also killed al-Jawadi's son,.. More